The
Future of the Media Magnate BBC Is Worrying
by Xiao Xiao
(from Guangdong Province, China)
On August 14, the BBC Chinese
website published an on-spot report entitled The Chinese Cult that
Kills “Demons.” The article tacitly agrees that “the
murder in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, China” is related to the
“Church of Almighty God,” but also adds a tragedy of the family
of a “victim,” Mr. Wang, implying that the Church of
Almighty God is a cult that stops at no evil. This is undoubtedly the
best assistance and support to the CCP government’s deed of
cracking down on the underground churches.
As we all know, since April the
CCP has launched a political campaign of cracking down on the “cults”
in Mainland China. They not only unilaterally fix a list of twenty
“cults,” but also high-handedly suppress the religious people in
Xinjiang and other places. And they even demolish the churches and
crosses in places such as Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, arrest the
ministers, seal off and expel the house churches, hunt and persecute
the Christians….
The BBC’s guideline says,
“Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial
and honest.” In over 90 years, as the biggest public news
organization in Britain which is subsidized by the government but
operates independently, the BBC took part in reporting almost every
important news event of Britain. For a long time, the BBC has been
considered one of the most respected media in the world. However,
what’s puzzling is that after Chinese netizens raise many strong
doubts about “the case in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province,” the BBC
actually chooses to issue such an incorrect report at the crucial
moment when the world pays high attention to the religious freedom of
China. It’s really astonishing and pitiful! Why is the reporting
style of a world-class media so similar to the contemptible CCTV? Why
does the BBC with the noble identity of the “voice of Britain”
sing the same tune with the CCP?